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News: Recording

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - Rocket Science (2011)

May 25, 2011

By Tom Johnson Sometimes old really is new again. Bela Fleck and the Flecktones existed as a trio for a handful of years after harmonica/pianist Howard Levy left, only to ask consistent fill-in saxophonist Jeff Coffin to join their ranks. Being a talented guy, he gets around, and when Dave Matthews Band saxophonist LeRoi Moore tragically ...

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News: Recording

Matt Lavelle - Goodbye New York, Hello World (Musicnow, 2011)

May 25, 2011

Trumpeter and bass clarinetist Matt Lavelle was once a prolific and thoughtful contributor to the Brilliant Corners jazz blog, along with the man who helped bring the nearly forgotten free jazz legend Giuseppi Logan back into the limelight. He has been quiet of late, but whatever he has been doing, it's done wonders and allowed him ...

News: Radio

Can There Be Radio, Without Advertising?

May 25, 2011

After all, TV did it. Not only that, cable often runs ads and collects subscription fees at the same time, though of course, that party is dying down. But what about radio? Can this format break these advertising chains? Of course there's Sirius, which has over 20 million subscribersand ranks among the largest entertainment subscription services ...

News: Recording

Favorite Bond

May 25, 2011

I spend a lot of time watching and listening to James Bond, always returning to certain favorites. Despite a series overflowing with interesting music—some of the best of its kind—these are a few of the songs that have always rocked my world. I have neither a special favorite among all these I've identified here, a sort ...

News: Radio

Jazz Backstage: Roy Haynes and Chick Corea

May 25, 2011

Legendary drummer Roy Haynes continues to blow people away when they hear his performance on the 1968 classic trio album by Chick Corea, Now He Sing Now He Sobs. Even after 40 years, Roy's ride cymbal sound, as perfectly captured on the tracks “Steps/What Was" and “The Matrix," is still the stuff worthy of lengthly discussions ...

News: Music Industry

Delfeayo Marsalis's New Version of Ellington's "Sweet Thunder"

May 24, 2011

Duke Ellington's post Newport-1955 work for Columbia to me is one of the cornerstones of his output. The suite in tribute to Shakespeare, Such Sweet Thunder, first recorded for the label during that period, I rank high on the list of my Ellington favorites. So when I found that trombonist Delfeayo Marsalis had created a new ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Adam Larson to Appear at Saxquest This Tuesday, May 24

May 23, 2011

Saxquest and Jazz St. Louis are teaming up to present a free performance and clinic by saxophonist Adam Larson (pictured) at 7:00 p.m. this Tuesday, May 24 at the Saxquest shop, 2114 Cherokee St on the south side. Larson, 21, is a native of Bloomington, IL who, according to JSL director of education Phil Dunlap “has ...

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News: Recording

Kenny Burrell: Soul Call

May 23, 2011

Kenny Burrell has appeared on nearly 600 jazz record dates between 1950 and 2008, which is an eyebrow raiser. One of the busiest session guitarists of the '50s, 60s and '70s, many of his jazz dates were sideman jobs. Burrell was a favorite of leaders for his chameleon-like ability to be groovy, soulful, bluesy, swinging or ...

News: Career

Getting Promoted in the Army Band

May 23, 2011

I held a variety of “regular" jobs before joining the Army Band. Everything from selling flowers on the corner to being the errand boy for an animation company. Some I liked (movie theater) some I didn't (food service). But they all had one thing in common: I never advanced. I spent an entire summer slaving away ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Rite of Spring, Left of Center: The Bad Plus at the Loring

May 23, 2011

One of the hallmarks of the Bad Plus is the equity of their long-standing collaboration. But the fact that there isn't one star among the trio hardly means these musicians lack star power. Rather, it's the merging of the three audacious talents that yields a supernova. And that galactic phenomenon never shined more brightly than in ...